Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
11:17 PM, Wednesday February 24th 2021
hiii if you guys can pls give any feedback if will be great
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1:13 PM, Thursday March 11th 2021
Hi Joshu123! Congrats for finishing lesson 1!
I am not an expert yet but allow me to relay what I have learned when I was doing the lesson and from the critique I received.
LINES
There are rarely wobbly lines in your lines exercises and I can tell that such were done with confidence. I would like to point out that there are quite some fraying on the starting points of your lines. I also noticed that there are overshooting of lines in the ghosting exercise. I'd to suggest to always follow the ghosting method. Both of these can be fixed through having these exercises as warm-ups for your future lessons, so no worries on that part. In the ghosted planes, there are instances that starting and ending dots weren't in place before drawing the lines, make sure to also correct it in practices.
ELLIPSES
You did great on doing the ellipses exercise--- from making sure ellipses are drawn through and fitting the ellipses snugly in the tables. The ellipses in the funnels, though, aren't aligned vertically and has different angles. I can also see that your circles in the planes improved in the second page. It was only optional, but it would be beneficial to try varying the degrees of ellipses, making them more circular as they move away from the center. This helped me a lot in the lessons that followed. \
BOXES
Your plotted perspective page looked neat and just right. As for the rough perspective, I could not quite make out what was going on, must be the plotted lines being more noticeable than the boxes themselves and the lines themselves aren't extended all the way to the horizon line. The rotated boxes was not perfect, as such is true to most beginners, but you did well in trying the exercise. A tip in the lesson was to always make sure that the corners are close to each other in order to make the estimation of the neighboring boxes easier. Most of the boxes in the organic perspective do not match with their respective vanishing points. I'd suggest to practice what was mentioned in the lessons to plan your lines well and not to rush things. :)
All in all, you did a good job in lesson 1!
Stay safe and enjoy learning!
Next Steps:
The imperfections were all common and all can be fixed through practice so good luck on moving on to the 250 boxes! It will be tough but all worth it.
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